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Gardens are wonderful things. Many people live in flats and work very hard dreaming of the day they can purchase a property with a garden and a patio. So if you’ve got a garden, why not protect it from trespassers? This could mean children using your

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A pretty dirty day down in South Oxfordshire today, where I was working on some lawn repair preparation and yet another big laurel hedge to tame.Had to pick my wife up from her school ( she's a teacher, not a pupil before anyone asks) as our Multipla

As many schools, councils and leisure centres across the country approach a new financial year, they will soon turn their attentions to setting budgets for the next 12 months, as well as to making full use of any remaining funds at their disposal for

Holywell Primary school of Rubery, Birmingham had lived with a problem area in front of the entrance to their school since it was first built over ten years ago. The heavily sloping bank and heavily worn areas would frequently send mud and silt onto

I've been far too slow to get into & really make the best of Landscape Juice, but will hopefully touch base (as people say) more often from now onwards. If you're interested in learning more about me & my work (& I'm not selling anything!) you'll fin

Households rarely purchase patios or driveways,so the idea can be off putting to some.

There are few showrooms where you can sit down and discuss your ideas,as most companies like to visit your home.

People dislike pushy salesmen or the fear of  being

Having had some running issues with my own Ryobi strimmer 2 stroke engine, i thought i would create this post for others in the same predicament. In my case the engine didnt want to idle for more than a few seconds when cold and would bog down when r

How to prevent bamboo plant’s roots from spreading

The various cultivars and native species of Bamboo have waxed and waned in popularity over the decades. For a while, the glories of Japanese and Chinese Gardens were imported to the British isles an

The move few years ago from being giving a service of garden design and problem solver as agronomist to big gardens in israel to being a retailer for gardening products is actually very interesting ...

I get many customers ring me and tell me amazing

The first fine day at the weekend I can remember in a long time seemed like the perfect time to set to and create a log store. I try to run my garden on permaculture lines (I did a course on permaculture design a couple of years ago) so nothing is wa

well after lots of brain teasing and also lots of money and time needed for the venture, here it is.....

Lancashire Paving Centre Ltd

Five Acres

Dawbers Lane

Euxton Chorley

PR7 6EE

The doors have been flung open on our new under cover all weather display

• Indian Sandstone Paving has been laid at our garden build in Sevenoaks Kent and the garden is shaping up nicely.
• Putting together a low maintenance planting plan for our Hackney client. 
• National chain, Dobbies Garden Centres, are interested in selling

Put in mega shifts Monday through to Thursday, even foregoing football on Monday evening to make sure I was "fresh" for the week. Laurel hedges, Wisteria,shifting garden waste, edging borders. 

Can't wait for next week-finishing off a  big garden reno

Kerry and his team arrived at our Nursery in Dorset this week to install an example of his beautiful Rammed Earth structures.

Although we are a Nursery, so within the Trade, Kerry and his team treated our site with the upmost respect.  They were clea

Many business owners dread giving out end-of-the-year employee performance evaluations – so much so that, oftentimes, employers will eschew the process all together. It’s easy to understand why – not only do some find it uncomfortable to have to rate